Not a shilling more for counties, Uhuru declares

President Uhuru Kenyatta addressing MCAs at the Nakuru County Assembly during the launch of new Ugatuzi Plaza and a refurbished debating chamber constructed at a cost of Sh220 million. [Kennedy Gachuhi/Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta has maintained that counties will not get more than the Sh316 billion allocated by the National Assembly in the contentious Division of Revenue Bill, 2019.

Instead, the President advised governors to ensure prudent management of money sent to the counties and find ways to improve their own revenue collections to enable them finance their programmes.